Much has been written lately about the SA Post Office’s problems with deliveries and that CEO Mark Barnes seems to be more preoccupied with his newspaper column and arranging a bank licence for the Post Office than resolving the backlog. We hear very little pro-active news from him about restoring the Post Office into an efficient and viable service, other than reactionary statements to issues raised in the media. I was therefore stunned to receive my October DStv magazine just in time to be of some use, although at the same time I received the August and September issues, which showed me the programmes I had missed and would have liked to have seen! In addition, I received notification from Road Traffic Management that my driving licence would expire on October 3 — nice that they actually sent me a notice, but that is another tale of woe not for this letter. I noticed that the envelopes that are being delivered no longer bear date stamps of when posted. How convenient for the Post ...

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